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diff --git a/devel/scmgit/DESCR b/devel/scmgit/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3bcfce99244 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/scmgit/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +GIT is a "directory content manager" designed to handle absolutely massive +projects with speed and efficiency, and the release of the 2.6.12 (and later) +versions of the Linux kernel as well as more and more other projects switching +to it would indicate that it does this task well. + +GIT falls in the category of distributed source code management tools, similar +to e.g. GNU Arch or Monotone (or, in the commercial world, BitKeeper). Every +GIT working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking +capabilities, not dependent on network access to a central server. |